Imagine a world where enormous beasts clash beneath the waves, locked in a struggle for survival. Picture a creature as long ...

A 16.5-million-year-old "unusually complete" baleen whale fossil was found off the Santa Barbara Coast. While discovering the ...

After the storms from 2024 pummeled the Gaviota Coast, fossil enthusiast and geologist Chris Driesbach decided to take a trip ...

The millions-year-old specimen discovered by a fossil enthusiast on the Gaviota Coast may be a never-before-found genus or ...

A complete fossil of a small baleen whale, estimated to be 13.5 to 16.5 million years old, has been excavated by the Santa ...

Also, some filter-feeding animals, like baleen whales, consume vast amounts of zooplankton, especially krill, to sustain themselves. Krill are considered some of the most significant creatures in the ...

Sei whales are comparatively thinner and less blubbery than other baleen whales, which is why they were only hunted from the early 20th century and onwards. However, the over-exploitation of other ...

Whales, or cetaceans, are divided into two categories: baleen whales and toothed whales. As their name suggests, baleen whales (Mysticetes) do not have teeth. Instead, they have baleen, a bristle-like ...

They munch on fish and krill. They are the northern hemisphere’s smallest baleen whale species. Unlike many other whale species, minkes do not have migration patterns, Schulman-Janiger said.

They munch on fish and krill. They are the northern hemisphere’s smallest baleen whale species. Unlike many other whale species, minkes do not have migration patterns, Schulman-Janiger said.

The whale washed up on Turtle Island (Guishan, 龜山島) early last month, it said. The society wrote on Facebook that it received a report on Feb. 12 about a large baleen whale drifting in the waters ...

Scientists have reconstructed the face of a prehistoric human who lived about 16,000 years ago, using a well-preserved skull found in a cave in southern China. The project gives a rare glimpse into ...